enivrer

French

Etymology

en- +‎ ivre

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑ̃.ni.vʁe/

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Verb

enivrer

1. (transitive) to intoxicate, make drunk or get (someone) drunk, either physically or figuratively.
2. (reflexive, + de) to get drunk; to become intoxicated

   Synonyms: se noircir, se bourrer la gueule, se souler

   Antonym: désenivrer

   • 1869, Charles Baudelaire, “Enivrez-vous”, in Petits Poèmes en prose:

     Il est l’heure de s’enivrer ! Pour n’être pas les esclaves martyrisés du Temps, enivrez-vous ; enivrez-vous sans cesse ! De vin, de poésie ou de vertu, à votre guise.

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Conjugation

Conjugation of enivrer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	enivrer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	enivrant /ɑ̃.ni.vʁɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		enivré /ɑ̃.ni.vʁe/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	enivre /ɑ̃.nivʁ/	enivres /ɑ̃.nivʁ/	enivre /ɑ̃.nivʁ/	enivrons /ɑ̃.ni.vʁɔ̃/	enivrez /ɑ̃.ni.vʁe/	enivrent /ɑ̃.nivʁ/
	imperfect	enivrais /ɑ̃.ni.vʁɛ/	enivrais /ɑ̃.ni.vʁɛ/	enivrait /ɑ̃.ni.vʁɛ/	enivrions /ɑ̃.ni.vʁi.jɔ̃/	enivriez /ɑ̃.ni.vʁi.je/	enivraient /ɑ̃.ni.vʁɛ/
	past historic2	enivrai /ɑ̃.ni.vʁe/	enivras /ɑ̃.ni.vʁa/	enivra /ɑ̃.ni.vʁa/	enivrâmes /ɑ̃.ni.vʁam/	enivrâtes /ɑ̃.ni.vʁat/	enivrèrent /ɑ̃.ni.vʁɛʁ/
	future	enivrerai /ɑ̃.ni.vʁə.ʁe/	enivreras /ɑ̃.ni.vʁə.ʁa/	enivrera /ɑ̃.ni.vʁə.ʁa/	enivrerons /ɑ̃.ni.vʁə.ʁɔ̃/	enivrerez /ɑ̃.ni.vʁə.ʁe/	enivreront /ɑ̃.ni.vʁə.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	enivrerais /ɑ̃.ni.vʁə.ʁɛ/	enivrerais /ɑ̃.ni.vʁə.ʁɛ/	enivrerait /ɑ̃.ni.vʁə.ʁɛ/	enivrerions /ɑ̃.ni.vʁə.ʁjɔ̃/	enivreriez /ɑ̃.ni.vʁə.ʁje/	enivreraient /ɑ̃.ni.vʁə.ʁɛ/
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior2	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	enivre /ɑ̃.nivʁ/	enivres /ɑ̃.nivʁ/	enivre /ɑ̃.nivʁ/	enivrions /ɑ̃.ni.vʁi.jɔ̃/	enivriez /ɑ̃.ni.vʁi.je/	enivrent /ɑ̃.nivʁ/
	imperfect2	enivrasse /ɑ̃.ni.vʁas/	enivrasses /ɑ̃.ni.vʁas/	enivrât /ɑ̃.ni.vʁa/	enivrassions /ɑ̃.ni.vʁa.sjɔ̃/	enivrassiez /ɑ̃.ni.vʁa.sje/	enivrassent /ɑ̃.ni.vʁas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	enivre /ɑ̃.nivʁ/	—	enivrons /ɑ̃.ni.vʁɔ̃/	enivrez /ɑ̃.ni.vʁe/	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Derived terms

• enivrement

Related terms

• ébriété, inébriant

Further reading

• “enivrer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• revenir, reverni, verrine